Country Initiatives of assessing governance
- Exploring irregular modes of electioneering in Nigeria
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2008
- Vote buying and political intimidation are important, if epiphenomenal, dimensions of Nigerian election campaigns. According to survey-based estimates, fewer than one out of five Nigerians is personally exposed to vote buying and fewe...
- Kenya and vote-buying: analysing the effects
- E. Kramon / Afrobarometer, 2009
- Vote-buying has and continues to be pervasive in many electoral regimes. Yet the relationship between vote-buying and citizen behavior, particularly in the context of the secret ballot, remains largely unknown. In this paper the autho...
- Decentralization through the Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
- S. Menon (ed) / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2007
- At independence, about a third of the villages in India had flourishing traditional Panchayats. The government decided to promote their creation as effective units of local self- government with the aim of fostering democratic partici...
- Uganda: assessing public perceptions of democracy
- R. Mattes; F. Kibirige; R. Sentamu / Afrobarometer, 2010
- After nearly 30 years of autocratic rule and civil war, Uganda returned to elective national government in 1996. But while elections resumed, political parties were allowed to exist but legally prevented from directly fielding candida...
- Free media? Assessing the broadcasting industry in Zambia and beyond
- C.H. Chirwa; J. Minnie; H. Bussiek / Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2010
- The report begins with a comprehensive audit of existing media laws and other legislation, with an impact on freedom of expression, and a critical in-depth assessment of the legal and regulatory framework in which broadcast...
- Mali: building the capacity of local governance
- F. Cisse (ed); S. Diakite (ed); H. Sidibe (ed) / SNV, 2007
- The future of the democratic process in Mali now depends on sustainable development and the acquisition of governance skills at the local level. Under the current legislation in Mali, the stakeholders in local governance are the publi...
- Auditing in Brazil as an anti-corruption strategy
- C. Ferraz; F. Finan / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2009
- Political institutions can affect corruption. The researcher uses audit reports from an anti-corruption programme in Brazil to construct new measures of political corruption in local governments and test whether electoral accountabili...
- The face of democracy in Bolivia
- B. Larson; R. Madrid; R.A. Miyorga / Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2008
- This study aims to increase the understanding of Bolivians’ perspectives, values and attitudes regarding democracy and proposed changes to strengthen it. Although there are sharp differences among citizens, the fact that the dif...
- Assessing Bolivian citizens' relationship with democracy
- D.E. Moracles; E.C. Eguivar; V.S. Blum / Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, 2008
- This study presents information that can help increase the understanding of Bolivians’perspectives, values and attitudes regarding democracy and the proposed changes to strengthen it. Although there are sharp differences among c...
- Assessing local justice in southern Sudan
- C. Leonardi; L.N. Moro; M. Santschi / United States Institute of Peace, 2010
- Since its establishment five years ago under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has struggled to create a justice system that reflects the values and requirements for justice among the peo...
- Exploring irregular modes of electioneering in Nigeria
- M. Bratton / Afrobarometer, 2008
- Vote buying and political intimidation are important, if epiphenomenal, dimensions of Nigerian election campaigns. According to survey-based estimates, fewer than one out of five Nigerians is personally exposed to vote buying and fewe...
- Kenya and vote-buying: analysing the effects
- E. Kramon / Afrobarometer, 2009
- Vote-buying has and continues to be pervasive in many electoral regimes. Yet the relationship between vote-buying and citizen behavior, particularly in the context of the secret ballot, remains largely unknown. In this paper the autho...
- Decentralization through the Panchayati Raj Institutions in India
- S. Menon (ed) / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2007
- At independence, about a third of the villages in India had flourishing traditional Panchayats. The government decided to promote their creation as effective units of local self- government with the aim of fostering democratic partici...
- Uganda: assessing public perceptions of democracy
- R. Mattes; F. Kibirige; R. Sentamu / Afrobarometer, 2010
- After nearly 30 years of autocratic rule and civil war, Uganda returned to elective national government in 1996. But while elections resumed, political parties were allowed to exist but legally prevented from directly fielding candida...
- Free media? Assessing the broadcasting industry in Zambia and beyond
- C.H. Chirwa; J. Minnie; H. Bussiek / Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2010
- The report begins with a comprehensive audit of existing media laws and other legislation, with an impact on freedom of expression, and a critical in-depth assessment of the legal and regulatory framework in which broadcast...
- Mali: building the capacity of local governance
- F. Cisse (ed); S. Diakite (ed); H. Sidibe (ed) / SNV, 2007
- The future of the democratic process in Mali now depends on sustainable development and the acquisition of governance skills at the local level. Under the current legislation in Mali, the stakeholders in local governance are the publi...
- Auditing in Brazil as an anti-corruption strategy
- C. Ferraz; F. Finan / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2009
- Political institutions can affect corruption. The researcher uses audit reports from an anti-corruption programme in Brazil to construct new measures of political corruption in local governments and test whether electoral accountabili...
- The face of democracy in Bolivia
- B. Larson; R. Madrid; R.A. Miyorga / Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2008
- This study aims to increase the understanding of Bolivians’ perspectives, values and attitudes regarding democracy and proposed changes to strengthen it. Although there are sharp differences among citizens, the fact that the dif...
- Assessing Bolivian citizens' relationship with democracy
- D.E. Moracles; E.C. Eguivar; V.S. Blum / Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, 2008
- This study presents information that can help increase the understanding of Bolivians’perspectives, values and attitudes regarding democracy and the proposed changes to strengthen it. Although there are sharp differences among c...
- Assessing local justice in southern Sudan
- C. Leonardi; L.N. Moro; M. Santschi / United States Institute of Peace, 2010
- Since its establishment five years ago under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has struggled to create a justice system that reflects the values and requirements for justice among the peo...
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